Columbia University College of Pharmacy - Apothekan Yearbook (New York, NY)

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T tl E C L A 1 I N 13 THE one outstanding thing that impresses a newcomer to the College of Pharmacy is a thing that is conspicuous by its absence, namely College Spirit. The general attitude of the average student attending the college is not much different from that of a fellow taking a business course at night school. He is attending college when he is not working rather than working in his spare college hours. As a result he experiences about as much of that life that men, old men, like to talk about, namely those good old college days, as the average plumber does. We have an excellent faculty, men who are leaders in their par- ticular branch of study. We have a set of laboratories unequalled in any similar institution throughout the entire country. We have a course of study the most complete of any given anywhere and the men we graduate stand among the leaders of their profession. Still something is missing. If you will sit down and do some real hard thinking, I believe that you will arrive at the same conclusion that I have. It is athletics we need. Clean healthy sports serve as nothing else can to tie the heart-strings of the student body fast to the school. You can hold a dance and you will get quite a few who will spend a pleasant evening stepping to the tune of a jazz orchestra. You can hold a smoker and you will get the other half of the class who do not enjoy dancing, but if you want to get them all and get them right, you ' ve got to have athletics. True, every one can ' t be on the team, but nevertheless, every one can be a rooter. When a fellow sees the team representing his school go on the field he seems to have a feeling of ownership and pride in it. When his team makes a good play, you ' ll find him up in the air, pounding the fellow next to him on the back, and throwing away a perfectly good five dollar hat without even thinking about it. And should you ask him about the game a few years after he graduated, you would invariably find he could tell you pretty nearly every play made, and show a good amount of spirit even then. Tell me, did you ever hear of a College of Pharmacy man displaying that much pep? If there is one he deserves a medal for he is certainly an unusual specimen. Of course. I realize the disadvantage at which we are placed, coming to school only three days a week, and without

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12 THE CLARION $anwarh IN publishing this first issue of the CLARION it has been the con- stant aim and endeavor of the editors to place before our fellow students a book which would be an ever-lasting remembrance of the days when the College of Pharmacy was our home. In the pages that follow, the activities, joys, hopes, pathos and humor of the Class of 1920 have been faithfully recorded. We want each student to feel that it is his or her book, and that we, as editors, are only expressing the opinions of the class. We desire that in years to come, when glanc- ing thru these pages you will live over again those scenes, which, tho common every-day experiences now, will then be a treasure box of pleasant memories. We will be amply repaid if the classes of the future will follow our precedent an issue each year a similar book and thus keep alive the spirit of cooperation and comradeship of the Class of 1920. L. P

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14 THE CLARION either gym or campus. But to use a classic expression, Robert Fulton built the first steamboat with a pen knife and a hammer, and where there ' s a will, there ' s a way. If there were enough red blooded men in the College of Pharmacy who wanted a football team, and were willing to work after they got it. I don ' t think there would be very much trouble in getting permission to use the gridiron in Central Park. Of course it is too late for the present Senior Class to do anything, but if those men who intend to follow the three year course and the present Juniors get together what a lot could be accomplished. Think it over University men and Juniors. — Jack Lawlev. BtttWBB THE ultimate goal which spurs on every individual to his or her best is that mystic and wonderous word Success. It is the most precious gift of Dame Fortune, and we must be ever mind- ful that she does not bestow such gfts upon us for the mere asking. The road to success is a long and narrow path, which can only be reached by perpetual perserverance and conscientious work, or to use a popular expression, bull dog tenacity, and stick-to-itiveness. Unfortunately it has been the opinion among some of us that the only obstacle between us and success, is that preliminary step in life, which in our case is a two year college course. In realty, however, our college life represents the happiest days that we shall ever have, for upon its termination we shall have to face the world, we shall be thrown upon our own resources to overcome those difficulties which daily arise, and it is then that the real test begins. To reach the top of the ladder in one spurt is impossible. We must climb step by step, and wit h utmost caution. For us the chances of success in Pharmacy, are better than ever before in the history of the profession. The public has begun to realize that the pharmacist is a professional man, and he is now receiving a salary which is relative to his standing in the social scale. Chances of advancement are always within his grasp, and best of all, his hours are now regulated so that he may lead the life of a human being. Eventually, and it is sure to come, Pharmacy will be placed on a par with professions such as Medicine. Legislative movements and daily additions are steadily being made to the College Entrance Re- quirements which will inevitably raise Pharmacy in the estimation of the public. So therefore fellow students, let us get together and pull for the one grand rise of Pharmacy, which will indirectly mean the personal success of each and every one of us. Put forth your best endeavors for Pharmacy and your labors will be repaid by an inde- pendent position in the social world. By F. Monteferrante.